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Originally Posted by Noah Werka
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Martin Luther king jr. talked about fighting those in power. To poorly paraphrase him, "if your adversaries have a conscience, fight like Gandhi. If they don't, follow Bonhoeffer."
Bonhoeffer was a German pastor before World War II. He had the opportunity to escape the Nazis, but chose to remain with his people (stating that he had no right to help Germany rebuild after the war if he didn't endure the hardships with his people during the war). The Nazis caught him plotting against Hitler's life, imprisoned him, then hung him about 3 weeks before Berlin was liberated.
The question becomes what technique will be most effective? MLK was no fool. His statement was based on his experience.
The Founders of this nation held that we must have a learned, patriotic populace for our republic to continue. I would submit that the most important thing we can do as citizens is work to educate people, especially during election time.